Lifeboat badly damaged and brought aboard the ship.

Acts 27:16-17

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“As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure, so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.” Acts 27:16-17

On the map to the left, Cauda is seen south of Phoenix and west of Fair Havens. On the map to the right, you can see where Cauda is in relations to the entire journey to Rome. Cauda is off the shore of Crete at the very western tip. Syrtis is located south of Cauda on the northeast coast of Africa, in the region of modern-day Libya.

The “ship”, which is the world we live in today, is being battered by “hurricane strength winds”, beating it apart in the process of establishing the new world of the global government. It’s “Out with the old and in with the new”. In the turbulence of this world, there seems to be no shelter from the exposure of death and all types of insecurities, including through pandemics [such as COVID-19]. There is a cliche that says, “Stop the world, I want to get off!” Unfortunately, it is fairly obvious that the “lifeboat” is not secure and is badly broken by the storms. We hear constantly how the lifeboat of health care system is broken, the lifeboat of law enforcement is broken, the lifeboat of fire department is broken, the lifeboat of ambulances services is broken, etc.

The storm-battered “lifeboat” is being brought aboard the “ship”. It is brought aboard by the crew of the “ship”, the crew being those who operate the agencies and services of today’s culture. Those who live and govern for today’s atheistic culture have taken control of society’s lifelines. More or less, they decide who receives a lifeline in today’s storm-battered world. These lifelines consist of police, fire department, and ambulance response time. There is the cliche that goes “where is a cop when you need one!”, which applies to all the lifeboats of society. Not to mention the innumerable programs to help those being battered by the storms in this life. The community “lifeboats” decide who succeed in the programs. While the storm rages in cities around the world, those who find a place in the battered “lifeboat” are those who participate in the goals of establishing a new world on earth. To push out the old and bring in the new.

Those in the storm-battered community lifeboat are those who are guided by the atheistic entity that gives them what to do, say, feel, and think. This entity gives life to the image of the beast to speak and live through people as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do.

The Lifeboat is also our Lord Jesus Christ who is the Savior of the world. His Gospel has been severely battered by the turbulence of this world, so much so that the truth of His sacrifice on the Cross for the forgiveness of sin has been broken apart. So has the truth of His resurrection and ascension into Heaven. This atheistic culture has commandeered the battered word of God to give them an image of Godliness, but they deny the power of the Gospel of Christ [2 Timothy 3:5]. This describes the beast with two horns like a lamb, which is Satan’s version of the Holy Spirit and known as the wolf in sheep clothing.

The captain, pilot, owner, and crew of the ship were afraid that they would run aground in the sandbars, which were like quicksand. In order to avoid that from happening, they lowered the big anchor and continued to be driven along by the stormy winds. In today’s culture, the community and government leaders do not want to be buried by the same “hurricane winds” that are propelling forward the establishment of the one global government. In other words, the same leaders [politicians] who use the turbulence of the world to promote their global agenda are the same ones who dare not be pulled down with their “constituents”. They have dropped anchor to avoid being drug down into the quicksand but still allows the stormy winds to blow to be driven towards the accomplishment of the global agenda. In America, the politicians use the term, “Make good trouble” on the left hand, and on the right hand the politicians say, “Fight, fight, fight.” Both sides are stirring the turbulent “hurricane force winds” that are propelling change.

Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments. They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, greetings in the marketplaces…” Matthew 23:4-7

Jesus says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1